Updates

This is a pre-release version of Kollaborate Server 3.7. Beta 2 fixes a couple of minor styling issues but mainly focuses on improving the reliability of the installer.

Please see Beta 1 for a full list of changes from 3.6.x.

Be aware that we're now using MariaDB instead of MySQL and that the Docker image is configured to convert the database to your MariaDB version automatically. As such, we would recommend backing up the database before upgrading as you may be unable to downgrade otherwise.

Changes in this version:

• Installer - Fixed an issue where the user may not be able to progress past the licensing step
• Installer - The configuration file is now created if it doesn't exist when launching the installer, instead of later in the process
• Installer - Reduced the likelihood of permissions issues preventing the configuration file from being created on Docker installations
• Installer - Better handling of blank configuration and .htaccess files
• Improved the general reliability of the installer
• Files - Thumbnails for image files now show the entire image
• UI - Fix file status text being the wrong color when adding a custom style

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• Removed telemetry from the app
• Fixed an issue that could cause a "Background Items Added" alert to appear multiple times
• Minor bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

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    •    You can now add prefixes and suffixes to augment a parameter's value from the Preferences  > Parameters window. Note that prefixes and suffixes will not be applied to blank parameter values; the parameter will be skipped entirely.
    •    Removed telemetry from the app
    •    Updated project templates and blank project file templates
    •    Fixed an issue where the software updater could cause a "Background Items Added" alert to appear multiple times
    •    Minor bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

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This is a pre-release version of Kollaborate Server 3.7. This version has a few new user-facing features but the biggest change is a signficant architectural overhaul. It has thousands of backend improvements and several key components have been rewritten. These changes improve reliability, customization and performance.

This version has been well tested and we're not aware of any issues, but we've given it a beta label due to the sheer number of changes that occurred.

Also note that we're now using MariaDB instead of MySQL and that the Docker image is configured to convert the database to your MariaDB version automatically. As such, we would recommend backing up the database before upgrading as you may be unable to downgrade otherwise.

Changes in this version:

• PHP 8.1 support
• MySQL has been replaced with MariaDB, which improves performance
• Link recipients can now view (but not edit) captions
• History can be filtered and exported to a CSV file
• Numerous UI improvements including new user interface controls for entering timecode, copying links and displaying thumbnails
• UI styling has been overhauled and you may therefore need to regenerate the style from the Admin Area
• The App Storage feature has been removed
• The long-deprecated Python scripting feature has been removed
• Lots of bug fixes and reliability improvements
• Various minor tweaks and improvements

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Server-Specific Changes

• Added LimitRequestBody to .htaccess file for compatibility with recent versions of Apache
• Fixed an issue where avatars could not be uploaded
• Admin - Workflows - Fixed an issue where file workflows may not be editable
• Admin - Roles - Fixed a crash when deleting a role

Other Changes

• Comments - New comment design that is more space-efficient on narrower screens
• Files - Support for batch exporting captions and comments
• Player - Allow downloading the current frame as an image
• Projects - Added the ability to import folder structures from an existing project when creating a new one
• Advanced Search - Add option to search by age in days
• Preview - Remember previous volume setting for quick look previews
• Share - Added 21 day expiration option
• Metadata - Add extra frame rates to list on Edit Metadata page
• Transcript - Made caption overlap checking less strict
• Player - Show Actions button on mobile
• Player - Prompt before deleting comment annotations and attachments
• UI - Better support for popups on mobile screens
• Player - Comments and transcripts are no longer refreshed when the browser tab is not visible
• Files - Limit number of emails sent when a batch of files is moved at once
• Files - Prevent text box clicks from navigating to files/ folders when renaming
• Files - Prevent the rename textbox from appearing multiple times if the file is already being renamed
• Player - Improved the accuracy of timecode shown when hovering above play bar
• Captions - Fixed an issue where Premiere couldn't import SRTs and improved caption timing accuracy in general
• Comments - Fixed an issue where the first Davinci Resolve marker wouldn't be imported
• Download Folder - Fixed an issue preventing link recipients from downloading folders
• Files - Better logic for detecting the correct frame rate of a video if multiple frame rates are returned
• Files - Fixed an issue where renaming a version in a version stack would not reload the file correctly
• Files - Fixed an issue where a numeric filename like "1.20" could be shortened to "1.2"
• Player - Fixed a crash if reviewers are not accessible
• Player - Fixed a crash if user tries to view a file after the project has been deleted
• Adobe Panel - Various bug fixes and changes to how information is displayed
• UI - Various minor interface tweaks
• Various small bug fixes, optimizations and code modernizations

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• Fixed an issue where vertically flipping a video would horizontally flop it too
• Performance improvements
• General bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

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• Crash Analyzer - Fixed an issue that could cause logs to not appear on recent versions of macOS
• Plugin Manager - Improved reliability of plugin notarization
• General bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

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• Compressor Repair - Improved permissions checking for Compressor 4.x
• Preference Manager - Improved compatibility with Adobe Creative Cloud 2022
• Plugin Manager - Improved support for creating installers for large plugin bundles
• Media Salvage - Fixed an issue where it was possible to select the wrong codec
• System Toolkit - Fixed an issue where non-movie types could be associated with QuickTime Player
• System Toolkit - Various code modernizations
• General bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

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• Improved compatibility with Adobe Creative Cloud 2022

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You can now batch export all cuts for a project in a single step from the Projects pane.

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You can now batch export all cuts for a project in a single step from the Projects pane.

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• Click the media file's duration to toggle between duration and time remaining
• Improved performance of hoverscrub thumbnails
• Fixed an issue where the playhead could jump elsewhere after deleting a marker
• Fixed an issue where the file extension could appear incorrectly in the export dialog
• Fixed an issue where it may not be possible to step to the next frame in some instances
• Minor bug fixes, tweaks and optimizations

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• Fixed a crash that could occur for users running old versions of Digital Rebellion apps on their system
• Minor bug fixes, tweaks and improvements

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• Fixed an issue where some folders for Compressor 4 would not be removed

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• Improved permissions checking for Compressor 4

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Breaking Change: Kollaborate Server now supports directly sending emails via  a user-supplied SMTP server. This is now the recommended way of sending emails. If you configured email sending through the mailserver Docker container (which has now been removed), you will need to go to the Configure page in the Admin Area to set it up again.

Additionally, our Email Routing service is now deprecated and will shut down in March 2022. We recommend customers upgrade to 3.6 and switch to the new SMTP sending feature before this date. (We will be contacting affected customers separately with more details.)

Server-Specific Changes:

• Direct SMTP email sending
• The default workflows for new projects can be customized from the Admin Area
• Admin Dashboard - Only calculate average encoding time for files from the last 24 hours
• Admin Dashboard - Fixed an issue where clearing the render queue doesn't requeue jobs correctly
• Admin Dashboard - Added the ability to clear failed encoding jobs only
• Fixed an issue where errors wouldn't be shown when creating a new user from the Admin interface
• Roles has been moved to the main navigation bar
• You can now override the "From" name shown in emails from the Configure page (by default it is the site's name)

Other Changes:

• Player - Show video codec and track information in the Metadata pane
• Set language on a per-file basis (this can be done from the Edit Metadata page for the file)
• Team - Shows a padlock icon next to a user if they have Multi-Factor Authentication enabled
• Uploads - Show remaining upload count in page title
• History - Show file move events on the History page
• Share - Show the file upload link's description to users when uploading
• Player - Added n / p shortcut keys to go to next / previous file
• Fixed an issue causing potential conflicts with similar folder names
• Files - Various page performance improvements when navigating and uploading files
• Files - Fixed strange behavior when interacting with a file immediately after upload (e.g. favoriting or Quick Look)
• Player - Disabled browser player download button on mobile
• Files - Fixed page scrolling unnecessarily when dragging in files to upload
• Player - Fixed an error when subscribing / unsubscribing to a file
• Various minor fixes, code modernizations and refactorings

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• Fixed an issue that could cause annotations embedded in exported frames to be misaligned

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• Compatibility with videos in Photo Library on iOS 15
• UI improvements
• Stability improvements
• Minor bug fixes and tweaks

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• Upgrades the Docker container to use Ubuntu 20.04
• Upgrades ffmpeg to 4.4
• Fixed an issue where it couldn't get a response from the web server if a redirect occurred (such as from http to https)
• Fixed several issues that could cause temp files to not be cleared out afterwards
• Minor bug fixes and tweaks

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• Compatibility with cookie policy changes in recent Premiere versions

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